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Eric Cairns's 2002-2003 season

Points
5
NHL#600
Goals
1
NHL#605
Assists
4
NHL#561
Plus/minus
-7
NHL#695
Games
60
73%
73% of 82

Defenceman Eric Cairns was 28 years old when the 2002-2003 season began, his 7th in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders. He played 60 of a possible 82 games and scored 1 goals and 4 assists for 5 points, 0.08 points per game. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 0 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

2002-2003Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Eric Cairns plays the 2002-2003 season for New York Islanders

    Eric was 28 years old when the 2002-2003 season began. It was his 5th season with the team. His 7th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI1–5BUF
      L
      game 1/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG13:29TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–1NYI
      L
      game 2/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG09:57TOI
    • The game
      NSH3–4NYI
      W
      game 3/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG14:25TOI
    • The game
      NYI3–3PHI
      game 4/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:01TOI
    • The game
      NYI5–4ATL
      W
      game 5/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG10:42TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CAR4–1NYI
      L
      game 6/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG09:18TOI
    • The game
      FLA3–5NYI
      W
      game 7/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG10:58TOI
    • The game
      PHI6–2NYI
      L
      game 8/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG15:15TOI
    • The game
      PHX3–2NYI
      L
      game 9/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG10:41TOI
    • The game
      NYI2–4CAR
      L
      game 10/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:08TOI
    • November 2002
    • The game
      STL6–1NYI
      L
      game 11/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:48TOI
    • The game
      CGY4–2NYI
      L
      game 12/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:02TOI
    • The game
      NYI0–3MTL
      L
      game 13/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:01TOI
    • The game
      EDM2–4NYI
      W
      game 14/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG10:37TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DAL2–3NYI
      W
      game 15/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG14:45TOI
    • The game
      OTT5–3NYI
      L
      game 16/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG12:28TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–4BOS
      L
      game 17/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:48TOI
    • The game
      NYI3–2PIT
      W
      game 18/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG05:24TOI
    • The game
      NYI3–3FLA
      game 19/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:30TOI
    • The game
      NYI7–2TBL
      W
      game 20/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-2SOG12:46TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI3–1NYR
      W
      game 21/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:56TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      3
      points
      NHL#403
      0
      goals
      NHL#471
      3
      assists
      NHL#324
      -1
      +/-
      NHL#123
      NYI
      8-11-0W-L-OT18Points
      5th in the Atlantic·13th in the Eastern Conference·24th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      OTT2–2NYI
      game 22/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG09:02TOI
    • The game
      CBJ4–2NYI
      L
      game 23/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:26TOI
    • The game
      NYI2–4OTT
      L
      game 24/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:27TOI
    • December 2002
    • The game
      VAN1–2NYI
      W
      game 25/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:15TOI
    • The game
      TOR2–4NYI
      W
      game 26/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG11:58TOI
    • The game
      NYI6–3PIT
      W
      game 27/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG07:19TOI
    • The game
      CHI3–2NYI
      L
      game 28/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:29TOI
    • The game
      NYI3–3FLA
      game 29/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1SHP12:14TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI3–4TBL
      L
      game 30/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:48TOI
    • The game
      DET2–2NYI
      game 31/826
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG15:11TOI
    • The game
      NYI4–2MIN
      W
      game 32/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG08:27TOI
    • The game
      MTL1–3NYI
      W
      game 34/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:12TOI
    • The game
      CAR0–3NYI
      W
      game 35/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG08:48TOI
    • The game
      FLA1–2NYI
      W
      game 36/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG12:56TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–0BUF
      W
      game 37/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG07:59TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–8NYI
      W
      game 38/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG08:34TOI
    • The game
      NYI2–3PIT
      L
      game 39/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG09:12TOI
    • The game
      PIT3–6NYI
      W
      game 40/824
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG18:06TOI
    • The game
      PHI4–0NYI
      L
      game 41/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:58TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8240 of 41 played
      4
      points
      NHL#504
      0
      goals
      NHL#577
      4
      assists
      NHL#424
      0
      +/-
      NHL#109
      NYI
      18-17-1W-L-OT42Points
      3rd in the Atlantic·9th in the Eastern Conference·17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      ATL3–7NYI
      W
      game 42/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG15:10TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI3–4WSH
      L
      game 43/826
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG07:37TOI
    • The game
      NYI0–5NJD
      L
      game 44/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG15:15TOI
    • The game
      NYI3–2STL
      W
      game 45/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG09:17TOI
    • The game
      NYI4–1ATL
      W
      game 46/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:04TOI
    • The game
      NYR5–0NYI
      L
      game 47/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG14:41TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8246 of 62 played
      5
      points
      NHL#544
      1
      goals
      NHL#544
      4
      assists
      NHL#511
      +1
      +/-
      NHL#97
      NYI
      29-24-2W-L-OT67Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the Atlantic·6th in the Eastern Conference·13th in the whole NHL
    • March 2003
    • The game
      NJD4–2NYI
      L
      game 68/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG14:44TOI
    • The game
      NYI3–4VAN
      L
      game 69/827
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG09:40TOI
    • The game
      NYI5–2EDM
      W
      game 70/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG09:23TOI
    • The game
      NYI5–2OTT
      W
      game 71/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG08:36TOI
    • The game
      NYI0–1NYR
      L
      game 72/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG09:15TOI
    • The game
      NYI3–3TOR
      game 73/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG13:14TOI
    • The game
      NYI6–3MTL
      W
      game 74/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG07:10TOI
    • The game
      NJD4–2NYI
      L
      game 75/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG10:35TOI
    • The game
      TOR5–2NYI
      L
      game 77/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG08:26TOI
    • The game
      NYI0–6NJD
      L
      game 78/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:32TOI
    • April 2003
    • The game
      NYR2–2NYI
      game 79/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG08:38TOI
    • The game
      NYI2–5DET
      L
      game 80/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG12:27TOI
    • The game
      ATL3–2NYI
      L
      game 81/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG12:48TOI
    • The game
      NYI2–1CAR
      W
      game 82/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:33TOI
    The season in numbers

    Eric Cairns closes the 2002-2003 season with 5 points

    Points
    5
    NHL#600
    Games
    60of 82
    73%
    Goals
    1
    NHL#605
    Assists
    4
    NHL#561
    P/GP
    0.08
    NHL#578
    +/-
    -7
    NHL#695
    Events
    1×
    Second star
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Islanders are in the playoffs

    First round

    New York Islanders meet Ottawa Senators

    NYIvsOTT
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    Swedes on Ottawa Senators
    • Game 1
      NYI3–0OTT
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG02:46TOI
    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 2
      NYI0–3OTT
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG09:22TOI
    • New York Islandersare1–1withOttawa Senators
    • Game 3
      OTT3–2NYI
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG02:36TOI
    • Ottawa Senatorslead2–1againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 4
      OTT3–1NYI
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG09:29TOI
    • Ottawa Senatorslead3–1againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 5
      NYI1–4OTT
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG05:56TOI
    First round

    Ottawa Senators knock New York Islanders out 4–1

    NYI1–4OTT
    Eliminated
    5Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Eric Cairns ends the 2002-2003 playoffs with 0 points

    Points
    0
    NHL#262
    Games
    5
    Goals
    0
    NHL#174
    Assists
    0
    NHL#235
    P/GP
    0.00
    +/-
    -1
    NHL#180
    OTT1–4